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A strategic town in the south of Syria long-controlled by opposition fighters has reportedly fallen to regime troops with the assistance of Russian air power.

The organization of donors led by Charles and his brother David has vowed to spend $889 million to influence the 2016 election. Yet he suggested to NPR he is merely playing defense, not offense.

The Zika virus, which has been blamed for birth defects, is spread by a type of mosquito that is found in every country in the Western Hemisphere, except Canada where the weather is too cold.

A photo shows him waving a red cape at a bull with 1 hand, while holding his 5-month-old daughter in the other. He says it's a step for gender equality; his father took him bullfighting the same way.

The post from New York read: for $200, stay in Snowpocalypse's most desirable getaway. The catch? It was an Igloo — hand-built from fresh snow. Airbnb removed the post.

Science writer Jo Marchant says that the mind can play an important role in dealing with a variety of health concerns, including pain, heart disease and depression. Marchant's new book is Cure.

This week, the Obama administration banned the use of solitary confinement for juveniles. Valerie Jarrett spoke with NPR about that and the push for changes in the criminal justice system.

Concepcion Picciotto, a protester who held a keep a peace vigil outside the White House for more than three decades, has died. NPR spoke with her in 1985. The Washington Post speculated that she held the longest-running act of political protest in U.S. history.

The spread of Zika is probably limited by window screens and other mosquito-control measures in common use in the U.S. Also, the primary mosquito that carries Zika has a somewhat limited range.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Erika Aguilar, a reporter for Southern California Public Radio, about the search for three escaped inmates who police say are violent and potentially dangerous.